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- Are bank cards living on borrowed time?by Nkosinathi Ndlovu on April 17, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Tokenised bank cards are expected to take over, but several factors may keep physical plastic alive for a while yet.
- TechCentral acquired in significant boost for ICT publishingby TechCentral on April 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm
The publication, which continues to achieve record readership numbers, is being acquired by Publishared.
- Ructions in Lesotho over licensing of Starlinkby Sechaba Mokhethi on April 17, 2025 at 11:17 am
Lesotho earlier this week granted a 10-year licence to Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
- African private equity firms double fundraising in a yearby Agency Staff on April 17, 2025 at 9:24 am
African funds raised $4-billion in 2024 — double the value from a year earlier — to invest in start-ups and infrastructure projects.
- Tips for staying safe in the age of AI fakesby Binance on April 17, 2025 at 8:09 am
Crypto is growing fast in South Africa, and with it comes a rise in scams targeting curious and ambitious investors.
- How Sigfox SA and G-Matrix are reinventing infrastructure securityby Agency Staff on April 17, 2025 at 7:45 am
In areas where the technology has been implemented, there’s been a dramatic reduction in attempted cable theft.
- Perplexity in talks to integrate AI assistant into Samsung, Motorola phonesby Agency Staff on April 17, 2025 at 7:11 am
OpenAI rival Perplexity AI is ramping up efforts to get prime placement for its virtual assistant on smartphones.
- Gases linked to life found in atmosphere of alien planetby Agency Staff on April 17, 2025 at 5:30 am
Researchers have detected the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
- Post Office crisis deepens as bailout remains elusive and parliament grows impatientby Nkosinathi Ndlovu on April 16, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Parliamentarians are annoyed that the Post Office's business rescue practitioners didn't attend a scheduled meeting.